human papillomavirus

human papillomavirus

English

Wikispecies

Noun

human papillomavirus (plural human papillomaviruses)

1. Any of a large number of virus species in the family Papillomaviridae that affect humans, sometimes causing cervical or other cancer; it is sometimes classified as a sexually transmitted disease.

Synonyms

• HPV

Translations

virus

Chinese: Mandarin: 人類乳突病毒／人类乳突病毒 (zh) (rénlèi rǔtū bìngdú) Finnish: ihmisen papillomavirus Spanish: virus del papiloma humano m Swahili: virusi vya papilloma ya binadamu

See also

• Pap smear
• verruca
• genital wart